NAPFA Mentoring Programs
Women’s Initiative Mentoring Program
The Women’s Initiative Mentorship Program aims to provide women a structured opportunity to accelerate personal and professional development through a mentor/mentee relationship with a female NAPFA member.
The mentorship program focuses on pairing advisors, paraplanners, and associates with experienced NAPFA members as mentors who may have had a similar set of professional and personal experiences or goals. Mentors and mentees will be selected by the Women's Initiative Mentoring Committee. The program will take place from May-October. Check out the program flyer for more information!
Applications are accepted from February 1-28, 2026.
DEI Mentoring Program
The goal of the DEI Initiative Mentoring Program
is to provide members in NAPFA a structured opportunity to advance in their careers with the help of a mentor/mentee relationship.
Objectives:
- To create a welcoming environment for NAPFA members from all populations to foster professional relationships.
- To maintain a supportive space where NAPFA members can share challenges and strategies to address obstacles within a mentoring framework.
- To help NAPFA members improve the financial planning profession through our community while embracing our differences throughout the process.
- Connecting members based on the differences that ultimately make us stronger, to create a more inclusive and diverse profession.
- To empower and encourage NAPFA members to strive for excellence.
The deadline for applications is Friday, April 17, 2026. Please note that the information you submit will be shared with your match if you are selected.
If you have any questions about mentoring at NAPFA, please contact the NAPFA Membership Department.